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SHORT BIO
of Anthony Smallwood
EUROPEAN COMMISSION.
Directorate General for External Relations (RELEX).
(15 Sept 1995 – present).
Æ Spokesperson
and Head of Press and Public Diplomacy, European
Commission Delegation to the USA (16 February
2007 to present)
Æ Acting
Head of Delegation, First Counsellor and Chargé
d'affaires a.i.
European Commission Delegation to Trinidad and
Tobago (15 Sept 2003 – 15 Feb 2007).
Æ RELEX
F/3. Principal Administrator responsible for
co-ordination, follow-up and overview of EU policies
and Association Agreement negotiations with Egypt
(Aug 1997 – Aug 2003).
Æ RELEX
1B/A/5: Principal Administrator
responsible for oversight of MEDA programmes in
higher education, S&T, innovation, and information
technology. Secretary to the Euro-Mediterranean
Information Society Action Plan Group.
(Sept 1995 to July 1997).
ERASMUS Bureau – Brussels.
Co-Director. (Sept 1988 to June
1995).
ERASMUS
Programme funded 2,500 inter-university networks and
mobility grants to 150,000 students and 10,000 staff
annually. Ex-officio middle-east advisor to the
secretary-general of the European Cultural
Foundation (the Netherlands).
BRITISH COUNCIL: London and Milan.
(Sept 1986 to Sept 1988).
Æ
Head Middle East Unit. Overseas Division, London.
Æ
Director British Council Milan. Italy.
Æ
Higher Education Division. Lead Consultant on US
study-abroad patterns in Europe.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION.
Directorate-General for Development (DG 8 A/1).
(July 1984 to Aug 1986).
Senior Adviser.
Responsible for defining human resource policy for
the EU’s multilateral development aid programme (EDF);
co-ordinating with donors; and drafting the
Commission's Manual for Preparing and Appraising
Education and Training Programmes.
BRITISH COUNCIL: London and overseas.
(Sept 1976 to July 1984).
Æ
Divisional Support Officer/Acting Rep. Pretoria,
Beirut, Athens. (July 1983 - June 1984.)
Æ
Regional Officer responsible for the Occupied
Territories of West Bank and Gaza; and for
monitoring activities in Iran/Iraq, the Mashraq, and
Ethiopia. (Jan 1982 - July 1983.)
Æ
Assistant Representative British Council: Brasilia,
Brazil. (Jan 1979 - Dec 1981.)
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Assistant and Acting Representative: British
Council, Kuwait (Sept 1976 - Dec 1978).
lecturer
:
(Oct 1975 - Sept 1976).
Æ
North Oxfordshire Higher Education College (UK):
Modern History and general studies.
Æ
Fairleigh Dickenson University (UK-Wroxton Campus):
Economics/Development Studies.
Æ
Workers Education Association: International
Politics and the Modern Middle East.
Æ
Open University (UK) tutor in Comparative Politics.
Imperial Tobacco Company.
(Sept 1964 - Sept 1968).
Æ
Cadet economist working on company and sector
analysis, diversification strategy, industrial
market research, and investment identification.
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.
Æ
Bristol Polytechnic (UK) HNC Business Studies.
1964 – 1965.
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University of Keele (UK): BA International
Relations. 1968 – 1973.
Æ
Reed College, Oregon (USA): Reed Exchange Scholar.
1971 – 1972.
Æ
Oxford University (UK): postgraduate research on the
Baghdad Pact. 1973 - 1976.
LANGUAGES and PERSONAL.
English & French, Portuguese (rusty).
British national, born in Kenya 28th July
1945. Married with two children. |
